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US charity founder carries the torch for quake orphans

By Lin Shujuan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-16 07:33

WANZHOU, Chongqing: Hundreds of thousands of spectators cheered her as she carried the Olympic torch through the streets of Wanzhou.

But Jenny Bowen's eyes were on the 50 pre-school children orphaned by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality.

US charity founder carries the torch for quake orphans

"My only reason for running are the children," said Bowen. The 63-year-old American mother of two adopted Chinese girls has helped more than 15,000 children through her Half the Sky Foundation, which was set up in 1998. "To me, it (the running with the torch) gives them a voice."

US charity founder carries the torch for quake orphans

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